Hereditary hypotransferrinemia can lead to elevated transferrin saturation and, when associated to HFE or HAMP mutations, to iron overload.

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As our understanding of iron metabolism improves through the more accurate description of iron metabolism actors, new causes of iron overload are identified. We, here, report 16 cases of hereditary hypotransferrinemia related to 4 previously undescribed TF (transferrin) mutations (p.Val221Gly, p.Arg609Trp, p.Glu370Lys, p.Tyr533X and p.Cys421Arg). We show that, besides increasing serum transferrin saturation...

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